See Also: lavish(1)(dictionary)
lavish(2)(dictionary)
lavish 1, adjective(dictionary)
lavish 2, verb(dictionary)

lavish(2) (iou)



lavish verb. M16.
[from the noun.]
verb intrans. Be extravagant, plunge into (excess); be excessive with words, exaggerate.M16-L17.
b. Of rain: pour along in torrents. Only in M19.
verb trans. Give or spend profusely or excessively. (Foll. by in, on, upon.) M16.
W. S. Churchill He was astonished at the vast sums which were being lavished upon the masonry. R. Graves If I lavished extravagant praise on her, she deserved it all.
lavishingly adverb (now rare) in a lavish manner L16.
lavishment noun (now rare) the action of lavishing M17.